Bottle opener and cap



May 18 1926. 1,585,384

H. HANAU BOTTLE OPENER AND CAP Filed Feb. 19, 1925 IINVENTOR':

BY I ATTORNEYS.

tour of the body portion 5 and the depression 6, as shown particularlyin Figures 2 and 3. Thus when the valve plate 16 is swung over the exitopening 9, as in Figs. Q'and 5 it forms a substantially tight closurefor said opening and thereby provides a complete closure for the milkbottle. .To pour out the milk or other contents of the bottle it is onlynecessary to move the valve plate 16 to one side, as shown in Fig. 4,thereby permitting the exit of the liquid through the opening 9. Theknob or other projection 17 is provided on the outer edge of the valveplate 16, so as to permit. the ready engagement of the valve plate bythe v the lifting prongs 13- to piercethe pasteboard disc 4 in twoplaces. Thereafter the bottle opener is raised clear of the mouth ofthebottle by grasping the bottle opener with the thumb in engagement withthe lip 10 and by so doing, lifting the pasteboard disc 4 clear of themouth of the bottle. The

disc 4 is then removed from the prongs and discarded, and the bottleopener and capis then replaced on the top of the bottle in positionshown in Fig. 4; in which position it serves as a closure for the bottleand at the same time permits the removal of the liquid contained thereinthrough the exit opening 9;

It is thus seen that I have devised a new and useful bottle opener whichalso serves as a closure for the bottle after the pasteboa-rd disc hasbeen removed, and furthermore @permits the removal of the liquidcontained therein through a. suitable exit opening in said bottleopener; provides a valve or closure for said exit opening so as toproduce a complete closure for the bottle while in use; and lastlyproviding a lip or spout to guide the liquid as it is being poured outof the bottle.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and usefulconstruction of bottle openerand cap, which embodies the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention andthe above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shownand described preferred embodiments thereof which will give in practicesatisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the sameare susceptible of modification in various particulars without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Ina device of the character stated, a substantially circular body, apluralityof spring clamp members integral therewith. and extendingdownwardly substantially at a right angle thereto, an exit openingthrough said circular body portion, a lip portion extending from saidbody portion in alignment with said exit opening, a plurality ofdownwardly extending lifting prongs formed integral with each other andaving a common horizontally extending connecting portion, arrow shapedends on said prongs having the barbs thereof at an angle to each otherand inclined to the body of the prongs, a pivotally mounted valve plateadapted to close said exit opening, and fastemng means extending throughsaid circular body portion and common to said valve plate and saidlifting pron s.

HERMAN HANZU.

